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rather have avoided) . My difficulties
therefore may
not improbably prove
d of the Rentals
greater in regard of
becoming due in Eecember. The Blockade of the Canton River having the effect of driving
trade to Macao_
eruch of out
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161.
given
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the amount
anxious to have
of
the probable
receipts and disbursements during
the present halfyear, but cannot-
do so with
with any
any degree of certainty,
and I am for many
reatened
any accurate
unable to give any
Estimate
of
the deficiency of
the
Revenue for the present half year as compared with the Expenditure, otherwise than by stating. I roughly calculate the probable expenditure at £28,000. and the Revenue at #17000 a probable deficiency of
£11.000
Shewing
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